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Monday, October 26, 2015

One reason to dust this morning: in order to be the first one to find the pretty gourd that changed colors like the leaves outside and grew itself to your mantlepiece. I am fairly certain it would be just as revolting were it on your bookshelf or bedside table.

Friday, October 16, 2015

As a part of my tribute to simple cooking, I am re-publishing our own
recipes from years ago. I realized that the "search" feature on Blogger
does not work for posts older than one year. So, here are my favorites
again:

What to eat with your beautifully cooked chicken: (those instructions below)? How about green beans, or maybe zuccini? Here is a simple way to cook up a vegetable

Thursday, October 8, 2015

I woke up this morning and thought that maybe we needed a day off. I sat down with my tea to contemplate what that would look like, and opened up the MCC *(Mennonite Central Committee) review we receive. I read about a day in the life of Congolese refugee children and their mother in a camp where they have lived since 2009. I realized that every single day of my life IS a day off. It is all about perspective.

Refreshed and ready then, I thought I would share our "back-to-letter-writing-campagn,"

Friday, October 2, 2015

Sometimes I know that the task set before me may not be easy, but I feel
the utter necessity of following through if my kids are going to grow
up to be anything more than dissatisfied adults with unfulfilled lives
full of tv, bad food and lite beer.

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This is my chronicle of pursuing knowledge, balance, nature in our lives, a Waldorf education, good food, wisdom and laughter, with my five kids and French husband, here, along the banks of the Mississippi and in France.